The planned shelter for women and children, to be opened in the vacant Herrick Manor building attached to ProMedica Herrick Hospital, is still awaiting a closing date to finalize the transaction between ProMedica and nonprofit Neighbors of Hope (NOH) before necessary renovations can begin.

A shelter for women and children to be opened in the vacant Herrick Manor building attached to ProMedica Herrick Hospital is one step closer to being a reality, with an imminent transaction that will finally allow Neighbors of Hope (NOH) to begin renovations.

Plans for a women’s and children’s homeless shelter as proposed by Neighbor’s of Hope (NOH) in the former Herrick Manor nursing home may have crossed its last hurdle Monday with Tecumseh City Council’s approval of two resolutions.

Applause and cheers greeted Tecumseh City Council’s unanimous decision on Monday to approve a zoning request by Adrian-based Neighbors of Hope, allowing for plans for a women’s and children’s homeless shelter at the former Herrick Manor.

Tecumseh City Council took an about-face Monday when officials rescinded a November 6 vote that had determined a transitional/emergency temporary housing facility, or shelter, was not compatible with Office-Service District (OS-1) zoning.

Tecumseh City Council was met with another standing-room-only crowd Monday at a study session meeting to review information on zoning, and specifically the OS-1 District and a proposal to open a homeless shelter for women and children next to Herrick Hospital.

A crowd attending Monday’s Tecumseh City Council meeting may have given a proposal to open a homeless shelter at Herrick Manor a second chance after it was effectively shut down by council’s November 6 determination, in a 5-2 vote, that it was not compatible with the existing zoning for OS-1 Dist

In a 5-2 decision Monday night, and voting against the recommendation of the city’s Planning Commission, Tecumseh City Council effectively shot down plans to turn the former Herrick Manor nursing home into an emergency homeless shelter for women and children, as proposed by Neighbors of Hope, whi